outwardly

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Recent Examples of outwardly While outwardly similar to the baseline J-20, subtle modifications hint at significant improvements. Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025 Mofakham and her team recorded videos of 37 patients with recent brain injuries who outwardly appeared to be in a coma. Andrew Chapman, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2025 While the impact of digital twins may not be outwardly visible to consumers in the same way, say, Walmart’s Sparky agent is, its effects will be real. Rachel Curry, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2025 From governance to deployment, nothing should be hidden, not only to foster trust, but to actively build skills outwardly ahead of an external team taking eventual ownership. Gautam Lohia, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for outwardly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outwardly
Adverb
  • Even for those already in jobs, volunteering to do extra work within your business or externally, could help secure your next position.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • So there were no guardrails externally put on us.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Amid the political deadlock, Democrats seem determined to close out the year as the party most visibly aligned against the NCAA.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In August, Ben-Gvir released a video of himself berating a visibly frail Barghouti in his cell.
    Karl Vick, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • As Monaco ramped up the second-half pressure, with Spurs seemingly having no answer for the pace and fervour with which the Ligue 1 side attacked Frank’s defence from all angles, Netherlands international Teze looked set to break the deadlock.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Citing climate change concerns and the melting ice sheet, Greenland implemented a moratorium on oil and gas drilling in 2021—seemingly bringing all oil dreams to an end—but the government agreed that White Flame’s licenses were grandfathered and remained valid.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Swift reportedly spends much of her downtime baking and creating loaves to share with friends, family, and, apparently, late-night hosts.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The shock came not just from the announcement itself but from the secrecy surrounding Jane’s relationship — apparently, no one in the family, not even their parents, had known about Aaron.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Tellingly, Yu’s other pup kept a distance throughout, evidently aware that whatever Lily was up to was ill-advised.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Pay-per-view will dominate British television coverage of football Pay-per-view television was all the rage at the turn of the century, and was evidently proving successful in boxing.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • One of them is David McIntosh, president of the Club for Growth, a group that ostensibly intervenes in GOP primaries on behalf of candidates who support smaller government.
    David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Hal rushes away, ostensibly to tell Grace Penn.
    Trish Deitch, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Among the 65 submissions was one that detailed the discovery of a 1930s-era oil can from Fresno that was supposedly uncovered at SDSU during an on-campus building project.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • To break the encryption would mean finding a fast solution to these supposedly infeasible problems, an act that would overturn a foundational assumption of modern math.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025

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